Police warned residents in the Kewaskum area to lock their doors and cars as they searched for 38-year-old Larry James Arnold.

Officials in Washington County told WISN 12 News reporter Christina Palladino that Arnold was taken into custody just after 11 a.m. east of Kewaskum.

Officials told WISN 12 News that Arnold was hiding in a tree line when a deputy on patrol spotted him. He was taken into custody and is being medically treated for what were described as "frostbite concerns."

Joseph Busalacchi said he saw someone running through his property Wednesday and called authorities.

"Then he went to the east, and then he got down to where those birch trees are, and then he headed southeast," Kewaskum homeowner Joseph Busalacchi said.

"There was a skinny guy who was running, dressed all in black, and then I yelled at him and asked what he was doing and he said he was jogging," Busalacchi said.

Busalacchi said the man then ran into the woods.

Deputies said Arnold abandoned a car near the Kettle Moraine State Forest on Saturday night. He's wanted on several warrants in Wood County and is not in compliance with the sex offender registry.

Arnold disappeared until Wednesday afternoon when the caretaker of a property came to check on things and found Arnold inside a home.

Deputies said Arnold took off, and authorities don't know how long he had been in the house.

Arnold was convicted of second-degree sexual assault of a child in 1995. He was to report his address to the state's sex offender registry, but has been listed as non-compliant.